With the record breaking popularity of *One Piece Film Z*, which has broken through six billion yen in box office revenue, *One Piece* is quickly becoming the national anime of Japan.
On Jan. 12, the newest figure in Kotobukiya’s ARTFX J series, “Movie Trigun: Badlands Rumble ARTFX J Vash the Stampede”, went on sale.
The city of Hamamatsu, located in the Shizuoka prefecture of Japan, is making an anime movie titled *Mina no Mori no Kanna-sensei*, which they are aiming to release by the end of the year.
*Doraemon* is arguably Japan’s representative anime. Its popularity spans over 30 years, and even movies based on the series have been widely popular.
The Japan Media Arts Festival is a comprehensive festival of Media Arts that honors outstanding works from a diverse range of media from animation and...
The *Mobile Suit Gundam* series has turned out big hits in great numbers, but many people may not have had the chance to see the series’ works of the 1990’s.
On Jan. 8, through its online news channel Pokémon Direct, Nintendo announced that the newest games in the *Pokémon* series, *Pokémon X* and *Pokémon Y*, will be releasing simultaneously worldwide this October on the Nintendo 3DS.
On Jan. 22, CyberConnect2 released limited edition goods from the *.hack* series, *Solatorobo: The Red Hunter*, and *Asura’s Wrath* at Kotobukiya stores and the online shop CC2 Store.